The origin of rain and smells

Everyday questions like what really causes clouds and rain, what gives sparkling wines their distinctive aroma and why do tires generate so much smoke when they burn have answers that are intimately connected. Now researchers have developed a particula...

Everyday questions like what really causes clouds and rain, what gives sparkling wines their distinctive aroma and why do tires generate so much smoke when they burn have answers that are intimately connected. Now researchers have developed a particularly exact model to show the origin of all these phenomena from a universal microscopic mechanism that occurs on the surface of liquids, independently of mere evaporation.